8th Panzer Division

The 8th Panzer Division was an armored division of the German Wehrmacht that was active from 1940 to 1945. The division was headquartered in Cottbus, and it fought in the Battle of France and the invasion of the Balkans before taking part in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. The division remained on defensive fronts in the east for the remainder of the war, transferring to Army Group South in 1943 and retreating from Ukraine and into Hungary and Silesia. The division surrendered to the Soviets near Prague in 1945.